Fifth War Loan Soars With Half Million Dollar Sale
Butte strong in Friday bond drive as Silver Bow county surpasses four million dollars in Fifth War Loan sales. Individuals contributed 491 496 boosting per capita average. corporations added 75 000 while merchants and clerks helped with 12 475 50. Campaign heads expect one final push Saturday to reach the county total and close the drive over the top.
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Butte
United States
Silver Bow
Third Army
Silver Bow County
Bitter Struggle Rages in Ro Signano Italy Front
In a grim fight near Rosignano below Livorno American and French troops press the German Gothic Line along a 30 mile front. After three days of house to house fighting American infantry hold two thirds of the ruined village as Nazis bolster defenses in the Futa pass area and inland outposts.
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Rome
Cassino
Rosignano
Livorno
Leghorn
Mark W. Clark
Gothic Line
Italy
Futa Pass
Train Wreck at Jellico Kills 19 Soldiers in Tennessee
A south bound troop train plunged 50 feet into a mountain gorge near Jellico Tennessee. At least 19 dead include 17 soldiers with two railroad men among the identified. Many others injured and remaining unaccounted as wreckage burned and crews search.
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Jellico
Tenn
Rocky Clear River
Louisville and Nashville
John C. Rollins
J. W. Cummins
Etowah
Chinese Troops Break Ring Around Hengyang
Chinese forces launch counter attacks across Hunan province breaking the siege of Hengyang and driving Japanese units from key positions to seize the initiative. Reinforcements move on July 4 penetrating lines and pushing toward Yungfen Yuhsien and Liling as Peiping Hankow Canton railway protection improves. The front reports claim the siege was broken and Japanese threats recede for now.
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Chungking
Hengyang
Hunan
Peiping-Hankow-Canton
China
Yungfen
Yuhsien
Liling
Two More German Generals Reported Killed
London dispatch notes Berlin radio says two additional German generals died on June 23, possibly alongside Col. Gen. Edouard Dietl. Infantry Gen. Emil von Wickede led an army corps while Lt. Gen. Karl Eglseer commanded Alpine troops. Details were not provided.
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London
Berlin
Edouard Dietl
Finland
Emil von Wickede
Karl Eglseer
Diet
Reds Advance Toward Wilno as Soviet Offense Grows
Soviet forces pushed within 20 miles of Wilno with advances up to 15 miles toward the capital. Baranowicze rail junction faced heavy bombardment as Rokossovsky and Cherniakhovsky directions widened the campaign through the Pripets. Over 410 towns were liberated as German pockets shrank. Maj. Gen. Traut was captured among others.
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London
Lithuania
Wilno
Baranowicze
Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky
East Prussia
Berlin
Poland
Wewel
Bug River
Brest Litovsk
Warsaw
Konstantin K. Rokossovsk
Red Army
Pripet
Luninets
Pinsk
Minsk
Traut
Americans Seize Namber Airdrome On Noemfoor Island
Allied forces landed on Noemfoor Island's southwest coast and seized Namber airdrome with no American casualties in a five day operation. Japanese defenders were outflanked and did not resist the airfield last held by the enemy. Simultaneously Liberator bombers targeted Yap in the Carolines with 55 tons of bombs on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Noemfoor Island
Namber
Douglas MacArthur
Noemfoor
U. S
Bismarck Sea
Yap Island
Carolines
Dewey Impresses Butte Man With Sincerity and Ability
R D Smith, a longtime Butte friend and University of Michigan alum, reports Dewey’s Chicago convention performance as honest and energetic. He praised Dewey’s delivery, grasp of issues, and desire to draft a solid program benefiting the people, noting warm reception from delegates. Continued remarks cited Dewey mingling with attendees to learn regional problems.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Republican Party
Dewey
Mr. Smith
University of Michigan
New York
Montana
Smith
Butteman
Herbert Hoover
Earl Warren
California
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Clare Booth Luce
Butte
Chicago
Mighty American Superforts Hit Sasebo Tobata Yawata in Japan
The War Department said B-29s attacked Japanese naval installations at Sasebo and vital war industries at Tobata and Yawata on the seventh anniversary of China's war declaration. All planes returned to China bases with no losses. Details were limited.
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Washington
War Department
Japan
China
Sasebo
Tobata
Yawata
Pittsburgh
Far East
Department
Kyushu
Ment
U. S
Yoko Saka
Kure
Maidzuru
Japanese Escape Attempt Fails on Saipan
A force of about 200 Japanese, likely high officials, tried to flee Saipan in barges but was stopped by American artillery and advancing Marines and doughboys. Reports say Imperial command may have abandoned Saipan, with fighting narrowing the Japanese pocket to a six square mile area as carrier aircraft strike Guam Rota Truk and the Marshalls. The Saipan death toll nears 8,914 known dead, with original garrison around 20,000 plus civilians.
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Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Imperial High Command
Pacific
Guam
Rota
Marianas
Truk
Marshalls
Pacific Fleet
Chinese Ambassador Sees Early Allied Victory Against Japan
In San Francisco on July 7, Dr Wei Tao Ming, Chinese ambassador to the United States, predicted an early Allied victory over Japan. He warned against expecting Japan to surrender automatically after Germany falls and said Japan aims to dig in for a last stand on the continent.
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San Francisco
U.P
Wei Tao-Ming
United States
Japan
Germany
Marco Polo Bridge
Peiping
China
Wei
Weekend Weather Outlook West and East of Divide
West of the continental divide forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies Saturday with temperatures similar to Friday. East of the divide expects fair to partly cloudy skies with slightly warmer temperatures on Saturday.
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Continental Divide
Wounded in Action Marine Receives Word of Injury
Pacific theater veteran Pte. Grant L. Sims has been wounded in action, likely in Saipan. He reported the wound in his right leg and reassured his wife Jean Sims, who lives at 853 South Main.
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Pacific
Grant L. Sims
Marine Corps
Central Pacific
Saipan
Jean Sims
South Main
Sims
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Jean Simms
Harry Simms
Bataan
Senator Lee O Daniel Asked to Explain Newsprint Gain
Washington reports Senator Lee O Daniel a Texas Democrat and foe of the New Deal was asked by the War Production board on Friday to explain how he secured newsprint for his revived political newspaper.
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Washington
De Gaulle Opens Talks With Roosevelt on Free France
Gen Charles de Gaulle met President Roosevelt in Washington to discuss French underground forces and postwar reconstruction. Roosevelt said recognition of the French national committee would not be raised. De Gaulle urged France to emerge strong as a global power after the war.
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Washington
Charles de Gaulle
France
Roosevelt
National Committee
de Gaulle
Churchill
White House
Anna Boettiger
Cordell Hull
Americans Drive Deep Into German Front Near Cherbourg
Allied forces pound a 33 mile battlefront as U S troops push toward La Haye Du Puits and St Jean De Caye. A major assault southeast of Carentan drives across the Vire river and creates a bridgehead while pincers move on St Jean from northeast and west.
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James M. Long
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Cherbourg
la Haye du Puits
St. Jean de Caye
Carentan
St. Jean
No. 64
Carentan-Periers
Aires
Vire
Senore
Jean
Taute
Mackau
114 Nazi Planes Are Shot Down in Massive Aerial Battle
In central Germany and Silesia a vast air war pitted U S heavy bombers and escort fighters against German interceptors. The Friday action involved 1,100 plus bombers dropping 3,000 tons of bombs and at least 114 enemy planes shot down, along with 36 American bombers and six fighters.
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London
U. S
Germany
German Silesia
Breselay
Italy
Bleach-Hammer
Odertal
Britain
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William F. Tyree
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